pterygopalatine canal

great·er pal·a·tine ca·nal

[TA]

the canalis formed between the maxilla and palatine bones; it transmits the descending palatine artery and the greater palatine nerve from the pterygopalatine fossa to the oral mucosa of the hard palate.

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